location
noun
Simple meaning
A point or extent in space.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
loʊˈkeɪʃən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A point or extent in space
A particular point or place in physical space.
The act of putting something in a certain place
lawus
The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc
An act of locating.
south africa
An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; a township.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A point or extent in space
Used this way, location is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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More ways to use location
- “The exact location of the treasure is still unknown.”noun
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Word Family
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Compound terms
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A movement through space that changes the location of something.
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The part of a floppy disk or hard disk where information is stored about the location of each piece of information on the disk (and about the location of unusable areas of the disk).
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